MINISTRY OF
HEALTH
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SOCIALIST
REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM
Independence – Freedom – Happiness
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No. 4800/QD-BYT
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Hanoi, October
12, 2021
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DECISION
PROVISIONAL
GUIDELINES ON MEDICAL SPECIALTY FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF RESOLUTION NO. 128/NQ-CP
DATED OCTOBER 11, 2021 OF THE GOVERNMENT ON PROVISIONAL GUIDELINES ON
"SAFETY, FLEXIBILITY, AND EFFECTIVE CONTROL OF COVID-19"
MINISTER OF HEALTH
Pursuant to Law on prevention and control of
infectious diseases dated 2007;
Pursuant to the Law on Medical Examination and
Treatment in 2009;
Pursuant to Decree No. 75/2017/ND-CP dated June
20, 2017 of Government on functions, tasks, powers, and organizational
structure of Ministry of Health;
Pursuant to Resolution No. 128/NQ-CP dated
October 11, 2021 of the Government on provisional guidelines on "Safety,
flexibility, and effective control of COVID-19";
At request of Director General of Health
Environment Management Agency;
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Article 1. The provisional guidelines on medical specialty for
implementation of Resolution No. 128/NQ-CP dated October 11, 2021 of the
Government on provisional guidelines on "Safety, flexibility, and
effective control of COVID-19" are attached hereto.
Article 2. This Decision comes into effect from the day of signing.
Article 3. Chief of Ministry Office, Chief of Ministry Inspectorate,
Directors, General Directors of Departments and General Departments affiliated
to Ministry of Health; Directors of Institutes affiliated to preventive medical
system; directors of hospitals affiliated to Ministry of Health; Directors of
Departments of Health, Centers for Disease Control of provinces and
central-affiliated cities; heads of medical authority of ministries, heads of
entities, and relevant agencies, organizations, and individuals are responsible
for implementation hereof./.
MINISTER
Nguyen Thanh Long
PROVISIONAL GUIDELINES
ON
MEDICAL SPECIALTY FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF RESOLUTION NO. 128/NQ-CP DATED OCTOBER
11, 2021 OF THE GOVERNMENT ON PROVISIONAL GUIDELINES ON "SAFETY,
FLEXIBILITY, AND EFFECTIVE CONTROL OF COVID-19"
(Attached to Decision No. 4800/QD-BYT dated October 12, 2021 of Ministry of
Health)
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1. Criteria
a) Criteria 1: Rate of new infected cases in
community/population/time.
b) Criteria 2: Vaccine coverage.
c) Criteria 3: Capacity for receiving and providing
treatment of medical examination and treatment establishments of all levels.
2. Requirements for
criteria
2.1. Criteria 1: Number of new
infected cases in community/100,000 people/week[1].
Number of new infected cases in community/100,000
people/week (new cases) shall be classified by 4 levels in ascending order
according to guidelines of World Health Organization[2] (level 1: 0 - < 20; level 2: 20 -
<50; level 3: 50 - <150; level 4: ≥150). Local governments may increase
or decrease number of new infected cases accordingly.
2.2. Criteria 2: Percentage of
individuals at 18 years of age or older receiving at least 1 dose of COVID-19
vaccine[3].
a) Percentage of individuals at 18 years of age or
older receiving at least 1 dose of COVID-19 vaccine shall be classified into 2
levels (≥70% of individuals at 18 years of age or older receiving at least 1
dose of vaccine; <70% of individuals at 18 years of age or older receiving
at least 1 dose of vaccine). Local governments may adjust percentage of vaccine
coverage accordingly.
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2.3. Criteria
3: Capacity for receiving and providing treatment of medical examination and
treatment establishments of all levels.
a) Provinces and cities shall develop plans for
establishing facilities for accepting, providing treatment, and guaranteeing
number of intensive care unit (ICU) beds in medical examination and treatment
establishment affiliated to provinces and cities (including private medical
entities) to ready for responding to level 4 epidemic[4].
b) Districts, communes, and townlets shall develop
plans for establishing mobile medical stations and teams for taking care of
COVID-19 patients in community, and plans for providing medical oxygen for
medical stations of communes, wards[5]
in case of epidemic outbreak.
3. Classification of epidemic
level according to Resolution No. 128/NQ-CP dated October 11, 2021 of the
Government is illustrated under the following schedule
Criteria 1*
Criteria 2*
0-<20
20 -
<50
50-<150
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≥≥70% of individuals at 18
years of age or older receiving at least 1 dose of vaccine
Level 1
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
<70% of individuals at 18 years of age or
older receiving at least 1 dose of vaccine
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
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* For criteria 1 and 2, may adjust number of new
infected cases and percentage of individuals receiving COVID-19 vaccine doses in
each level depending on local situations.
4. Adjustment of epidemic
level:
- Failure to satisfy Criteria
3 will result in not being able to lower epidemic level.
- Increase epidemic level by 1
in case of failure to satisfy requirements under Point b Clause 2.2. Section
2 Part I (except for areas having epidemic level 4 or no infected cases at
all).
5. Provinces and
central-affiliated cities shall rely on practical situations regarding epidemic
development, vaccine coverage, realistic condition (population density,
socio-economic conditions, etc.), and adaptability to revise criteria and
epidemic level appropriately according to Resolution No. 128/NQ-CP dated
October 11, 2012 of the Government.
II.
SPECIALIZED MEASURES
1. Prepare capacity for
responding to COVID-19
In order to improve safety, flexibility, and
effective control of COVID-19, provinces and central-affiliated cities shall
prepare the followings:
a) Develop scenarios and solutions for guaranteeing
medical operations serving COVID-19 management in each epidemic level; organize
implementation in case of epidemic outbreak in the area.
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c) Improve capacity in accepting, providing treatment,
and taking care of COVID-19 patients;
- Develop plans for accepting,
taking care, and providing treatment for COVID-19 patients (F0), especially
plans that satisfy ICU bed requirements. Update figures and manage reporting
software of facilities for accepting and providing treatment for F0.
- Develop plans in case of
epidemic outbreak: medical examination and treatment establishments from
district levels or higher must develop liquid oxygen and/or compressed gas
supply systems; medical stations of wards, communes are capable of providing
medical oxygen; develop plans for organizing mobile medical stations and teams
for taking care of F0 in community and managing F0 at home.
- Organize medical examination
and treatment establishments to provide treatment for both regular patients and
COVID-19 patients. Organize classification of suspected cases arriving at the
establishments for medical examination and treatment to detect infected cases,
manage closely, and avoid cross-contamination in the establishments.
2. Perform tests
a) Testing shall be performed in areas depending on
risks.
- Test individuals who display
any of the following symptoms: fever, coughing, fatigue, sore throat, loss of
sense of taste and sense of smell, dyspnea, etc.
- Medical authority shall
conduct regular and irregular screening tests in areas with high risks and
crowded areas such as medical examination and treatment establishments, supply
markets, bus stations, supermarkets, etc.; and for individuals with risks (who
move around a lot, make contact with many people, etc.) such as vehicle
operators, operators of passenger motorbikes, shippers, etc.
- In manufacturing facilities,
service providers, commercial centers, supermarkets, workplaces, offices:
organize random SARS-CoV-2 test for individuals having high risks of COVID-19
infection.
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c) For individuals who have received adequate doses
of vaccine or have relieved of COVID-19: only test according to epidemiology
inspection requirements or when the individuals are placed under medical
quarantine or medical monitor or when the individuals arrive from areas under
level 4 epidemic or areas under regional medical quarantine.
d) Test to dispose
infected hotspots: depending on risk factors, epidemic situations, and severity
of the hotspots, local governments shall decide on test subjects and test
locations accordingly.
dd) Conduct group testing in case of screening
test, survey test, or periodic test.
3. Medical quarantine
a) For individuals arriving from infected areas
(areas under level 4 epidemic or areas under regional medical quarantine),
individuals who make close contact (F1): comply with applicable guidelines of
Ministry of Health[6]
[7].
b) For the elderly, individuals with underlying
medical conditions, pregnant women, individuals under 18 years of age
(children)7, quarantine at home together with a caretaker.
4. COVID-19 vaccination
Promote COVID-19 vaccination progress, prioritize
individuals at 50 years of age or older, individuals with underlying medical
conditions, pregnant women, and workers working in industrial parks, industrial
complexes.
5. F0 treatment: comply
with applicable guidelines of Ministry of Health.
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For organization of indoor and outdoor gathering
activities in areas with level 2, 3, or 4 epidemic: local governments shall
increase maximum number of participants or working capacity in case of 100% of
participants have received adequate doses of COVID-19 vaccine or have relieved
of COVID-19 or have negative SARS-CoV-2 test result.
III.
ORGANIZATION FOR IMPLEMENTATION
1. People’s Committees of provinces or central-affiliated
cities
a) Direct implementation of these Guidelines to
effectively implement Resolution No. 128/NQ-CP dated October 11, 2021 of the
Government; submit reports on classification criteria and adjustment of
epidemic level of provinces/cities to Ministry of Health (General Department of
Preventive Medicine).
b) Expedite and examine local facilities for
preparation of requirements for rapid response in case of changing epidemic
situations.
c) Direct Departments of Health to publicize and
update epidemic level in local administrative divisions and areas under medical
quarantine of provinces and cities, and respective measures in effect on
website of local government; update epidemic level and areas under medical
quarantine on website of Ministry of Health.
d) Direct
Departments of Health to advise to adjust classification criteria and adjust
epidemic level depending on epidemic situations, vaccine coverage, practical
situations, and implementation facts.
dd) Direct execution of reports on implementation
results when requested.
2. Ministries and agencies of
central government
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b) Cooperate with Ministry of Health and local
administrative divisions in expediting and examining compliance with these
Guidelines.
3. Entities affiliated to
Ministry of Health
a) Actively organize implementation of these Guidelines
within their tasks and functions for COVID-19 epidemic management.
b) Health Environment Management Agency shall act
as contact point and cooperate with General Department of Preventive Medicine
and relevant entities in guiding, publicizing, directing, examining
implementation, and submitting reports on implementation hereof when requested.
c) General Department of Preventive Medicine shall
provide guidelines on organizing, directing, and inspecting implementation of
COVID-19 vaccination campaign on a national scale in a manner that guarantees
safety, science, and effectiveness; develop roadmaps for vaccinating children
and vaccinating remaining individuals.
d) Department of Medical Service Administration
shall instruct local governments to develop plans, train personnel, and
organize implementation to guarantee capacity for accepting and providing
treatment of all levels; organize management of F0 at home.
dd) Vietnam Administration for HIV/AIDS Control
shall instruct local governments to develop plans and implement mobile medical
stations; teams for taking care of COVID-19 patients in community.
e) Department of Information Technology shall
cooperate with General Department of Preventive Medicine in updating and
publicizing infected areas and epidemic level of all administrative divisions
on website of Ministry of Health.
g) Department of Planning – Finance shall act as
contact point to cooperate with relevant entities in proposing and guiding
implementation of measures and policies on enhancing investment capacity and
improving medical system capacity, especially preventive healthcare and local
medical care.
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Difficulties that arise during the implementation
should be reported to the Ministry of Health (via Health Environment Management
Agency) for consideration. These Guidelines shall continue to be updated and
amended to match practical situations./.
[1] Number of new infected cases in community/100,000
people/week = [(Number of new infected cases in a week + number
of new infected cases of the previous week)/(2 x Local
population)] x 100,000. New infected cases in community do not include infected
cases entering Vietnam and infected cases in concentrated medical quarantine;
[2] https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/considerations-in-adjusting-public-health-and-social-measures-in-the-context-of-covid-19-interim-guidance
[3] Determined as total number of individuals who have been
vaccinated over total population in the area by group age x 100 (%).
[4] This criterion applies on a provincial level and is
mandatory for all provinces and central-affiliated cities regardless of
epidemic level. Provincial-level People’s Committees shall approve plans for
establishing facilities for accepting and providing treatment for COVID-19 and
plans for guaranteeing number of ICU beds in medical examination and treatment
establishments affiliated to provinces and cities (including private medical
establishments) according to Decision No. 4111/QD-BYT dated August 26, 2021 of
Ministry of Health and Decision No. 2626/QD-BYT dated May 28, 2021 of Ministry
of Health; the plans must identify current and future capacity for accepting
and providing treatment.
[5] District-level People’s Committees shall approve plans
for providing medical oxygen in medical stations of communes to fulfill demands
in case of epidemic outbreak; plans for establishing mobile medical stations according
to Decision No. 4042/QD-BYT dated August 21, 2021 of Ministry of Health and
teams for taking care of COVID-19 patients in community according to Decision
No. 4349/QD-BYT dated September 10, 2021 of Ministry of Health; develop plans
for establishing mobile medical stations in industrial parks, industrial
complexes (in combination with medical department of manufacturing facilities);
may rehearse and stand-by for actions when necessary.
[6] Apply according to Official Dispatch No. 8399/BYT-MT
dated October 6, 2021 of Ministry of Health; For individuals participating in
work teams according to decision of competent authority, comply with Official
Dispatch No. 6386/BYT-MT dated August 6, 2021 of Ministry of Health; For forces
participating in COVID-19 epidemic management, comply with Official Dispatch
No. 7316/BYT-MT dated September 3, 2021 of Ministry of Health;
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